How often I have driven these familiar streets with their rows of buildings, billboards, and neon signs, yet one day there is an empty lot where once there was a building and I have no idea what once stood there.
concern about
this strange patch of skin
only to learn
it’s the vaccination mark
I have had all my life
is a CPA, attorney, and poet who lives in Los Angeles, California. His writing has been widely published in prestigious poetry journals, has been translated into several languages, and has won numerous awards worldwide. Michael’s recent publications include two illustrated children’s books, Cassandra and the Strange Tale of the Blue-Footed Boobies and Johnny and Frankie’s Summer Sleepover, as well as a book of poetry, Notes from a Commode: Volume I. A fourth book, The Squeeping Catterwhip, is now available on Amazon.
